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We make our own soap and just a query for the STW folk
Quantocks soap
We have been looking into making a soap that ticks and midges do not like!! made with Eucalyptus and citroenella essential oils
Do you recon it will work????
Add a shit load of deet to the ingredients and it might.
Eucalyptus and citronella? Not a chance. Try getting some Bog Myrtle in there.
Well it might work in that it has a nice marketing ring to it, even if it doesn't keep the midges away! My Neal's Yard anti insect Citronella spray also has lavender and witch hazel in it FYI.
Druidh ta for the pointer
Anna does the Neal's Yard work at make us unappealing as a snack to the midges and ticks
What's soap?
avdave2 - Member
What's soap?
Are you a weegie?
+1 for bog myrtle (at least against the midges)
DEET is the only effective midge repellent.
Just done a batch of liquid soap using Lavender, Citroenella and Eucalyptus (apparantly it is a combination that works and we had the essentiol oils in stock)anyone need 24 bottles of the stuff 😉
Alas we have no Deet to use let alone Bog Mirtle but we may well get some and give it a try at a later date
Also I am afraid to say Deet does not exist on our Chemical Registration so it is a no no 🙄
SD - can't say if the Neal's Yard stuff worked completely I'm afraid, I still got bitten, but maybe less. Your soap is great, I'm sure I'd give the anti midge stuff a go if I saw it on sale.
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Avon, Skin-so-Soft is a fab midge repellent. Sold up in Scotland in lots of shops for that purpose, smells disgusting so I reckon essential oils would be much more pleasant.